Bill Text: TX SB1794 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the employment of physicians by hospital districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1794 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1794-Introduced.html
82R2225 CJC-F | ||
By: Gallegos | S.B. No. 1794 |
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relating to the employment of physicians by hospital districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 285, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subchapter P to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER P. EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS | ||
Sec. 285.331. EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS PERMITTED. (a) A | ||
hospital district created under general or special law may employ a | ||
physician and retain all or part of the professional income | ||
generated by the physician for medical services provided at a | ||
hospital or health care facility owned or operated by the hospital | ||
district. | ||
(b) This section may not be construed as authorizing a | ||
hospital district to supervise or control the practice of medicine, | ||
as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code. | ||
Sec. 285.332. CREDENTIALING AND PRIVILEGES. A physician | ||
employed by a hospital district under Section 285.331 is subject to | ||
the same standards and procedures regarding credentialing, peer | ||
review, quality of care, and privileges as a physician not employed | ||
by the hospital district. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |